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    good looking hull Michael, I like the lines, and your nice workmanship so far... Nils
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    Hi Nigel, I like that chequered floor Piece its very well done... Nils
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    Many thanks to Patrick,- Grant, - Popeye,- Bob, - and all the "likes".... Patrick, I`m also glad that this is overcome now.. Grant. yes. that was a lesson related to high humidity air getting into the room Denis, thanks for your nice comment Bob, I`m also quite happy with the deck planking. The smaller the plank dimensions get, the more fragile the plank edges are whilst cutting to length and after laying and sanding. It gives a little messy deck surface with the slight remains of white glue, sanding dust, and pencil-caulking charcoal Nils
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    Thank you Denis, it really looks like the glue-swelling out went back over the week. Quite good that I did`nt remove it, otherwise there would be pits in the "skin" now.... I`m working at the decks in the waist areas now, after finding a supplier for wonderful precise cut mini pine planks 2 x 0,8 mm. The "caulking" is done with a soft dark pencil along the planks edges Nils a set of 300 fine cut pine-planks 2 x 0,8 mm planked forward waist area the lower aft waist deck stripes will do the shrouds for the aft mast later on with buckle screw fastening / tensioning , therefore sufficient bases for anchoring points beneath the deck stripes the promenade deck will cover these outcuts in the sides later on
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    Denis, a nice Progress to be seen, and looking better every time I visit your log... Nils
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    nice work on ship and sails Bob, not so far to go any more... Nils
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    Congratulations Danny, your "HMS Vulture" is an awsome Milestone Setting build in the modeling comunity. It was such a delight to watch this "Swan Class" ship grow to it`s full blossom as it is presented today.... Very,very well done, and many thanks for sharing all your experiences, your thoughts and your so skilled handcraft work Nils
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    thanks Patrick, the work now is quite a long haul job to get all the decks to fit. I plank the decks before mounting them, so they can be sanded smooth and sealed with a dull varnish. All walls, deck bulwarks and -housing go on top of the planked decks. When the decks are on for permanent, there will be several rails to the upper hull sides. The metal plating does not go over the rails but fits neatly in between these. I had a upsetting experience last week, when I had tilted the window of my basement workroom to allow nitro fumes of the wood sealing primer and it`s nitro smell to escape over night ...... In the meantime we had much rain and bad weather, so that the high ambient humidity fell through the tilted window into the basement room just looking to settle on and in my hull. Next morning some of the longitudinal white glue joints (planks glued together at the edges as well) suffered swelling from the moisture a bit, and the nice smooth hull felt as if it needed a sanding and fairing session again I decided to leave as is, watch it over the week, hoping the glue swell will go back by itself. and to use watertight white glue (propeller glue) next time. Its getting better now day by day Cheers, Nils
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    Build log part 15 Status update: today I cut into the hull sides at the waist areas, the front area lowest point, right down to the deck and the aft Area, leaving an 8mm high bulwark standing. Next will be the deck-planking job in these waist areas. The raw decks were dry-fitted and are ready for planking Unfortunately I found no figurines in scale 1:144 in fashion of 1900 clothing, pleas, does anybody know where to find some ? The only ones I found are out of the airlines scale figurines, and I`m not so fond of military figurines, but I´m happy to have some at all for dimension checks Nils a Dremel grinder is good for this work the second raw deck is laying on the second stringer from top, the upper stringer has been cut away, so the remaining bulwark is flush with the inside of the side planking the port side will have to be brought to the same status the 8mm raw-bulwark is in hight slightly above figurines waist hight, handrail still to be fitted the forecastle deck is still a card template
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    Mike, looks like this "Primocon" stuff is the right way to deal with. I`ll look out for that one. I remember priming my former actual sailing Dinghi with a white 1 component primer before putting the antifouling paint on. When scraping / replacing the antifouling appr. every two years, all came off, but not that primer, it seemed to have been married with the gelcoat. Unfortunately I did`nt save the empty can or wright down the name, now I`m desperately looking for a good primer to stick to the shiny aluminium foil of my model`s plating. Ordenary primer comes off to easy together with the paint covering it Enjoy your holiday... Nils
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    Mark, nice clean work on Hull and masting, this will be a very good looking cross section Nils
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    Hi Kester, ist good to hear that you are back to work on the SL, looking foreward to the first pics... Nils
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    Thank you for your Input Larry, maybe I`ll go for your suggested solution,...... but I`ll try the use of a mini L-angle brass Profile to the deck , so that the railing stripe can be carefully spot soldered to it, if it wo`nt look too messy afterwards. if the L-rail perhaps is soldered on to the railing stripe first, the other flange of the re-drilled profile could be pinned to deck for fastening (going to be a tricky excercise anyway...) Nils
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    very nice update Denis, it pays off that you were patiently concentrating on the Quality of the details before the assembly begins... Nils
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    Many thanks to Patrick, Ioannis, David and Bob, and the "likes"... as the outer deck railings will be only 8mm high, I decided to favour rather foto etched stripes from copper sheet. instead of built railing with stanchions. Have to work out a suitable way to fasten These to the related hull /deck Areas. The ordered samples unfortunately did`nt arrive this week. The upper most of the 6-chord railing is the handrail which is of Wood on the actual ship, but in scale 1:144 I`ll have to put on a very small U-shaped brass liner stradling over the upper edge, and paint it in wood color. (at least thats my Intension, if there comes no better solution to mind) Nils
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    wonderful Patrick, there is so much to discover on your ship, lovely details all over and under the decks... Nils
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    Update for forecastle- and first waist deck, It all looks a bit rough in the moment, The front waist-deck was made to the card template and can now be removed for planking. Need to check the hights with the little 1:144 figurine The forecastle deck will need the anchor tubes with suit taylored outlets to the bow sides fitted in, before it is planked( only about 2/3 of it`s area (pics will follow later on ) Nils my little room for the rough work I fixed a preliminary,horizontal (loosenable) steel-rail, to which the drawing can be clipped (magnets) The funnel arrangement in two groups provides the first class dining resaurant and lounges to go over the full width of the ship, this has been well accepted by the passengers, This design had also been adopted for the follower liners of the Norddeutscher Lloyd, and gave an unmistakenable silhouette for identification from the distance three deck high, and over the ship`s width, the 1 st class dining saloon the little white figure is used for determining the correct deck-highjts here the deck curvature can be nicely seen when clicking on this pic (to enlarge) the hand drawn frame distances on the drawing can be seen. I chose 26 frames over the ship`s length
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    Denis, besides your beautiful clean and accurate mounting and painting work, I admire the kit design and all the fine Details that come to life during the assembly. For instance the fastening Points on every funnel for the funnel stays, a great help to fsten These before the black funnel tops are mounted Nils
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    No, general fixed pitch prop design on screw driven steamers around year 1897.. Nils
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    Looks great Remco, the racks and shelves of the well ventilated sail room, very realistic... Nils
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    Mark, Thanks very much for your appreciative words,... Nils
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    exactly Bob, I think the lines of a ship are one of the first impressions that the eye recognizes, I just fell in love with these lines... Nils Nils
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    Thanks Patrick, in answer to your questions... the average time for a window like this is 15 minutes, and there are (my Count) 84 of this type, so that makes 1260 minutes = 21 hours Yes, I have thought of RC Controlling, because the propshafts are functional, but I would have had to add some complicated gear System to the ruddershaft, inside that tail-cone. So I rejected that thought at an early stage already, I also trust that the ship will be much to fragile for water contact. Also I do`nt know how the plating (adhesive gluefilm) would behave in water... Nils
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    Build log part 14 preparing for the decks, cutting out card templates, will be using 0,8 mm ply and plank this with 1 x 2mm scaled pine strips, pencil "caulking" at the plank edges Nils inbetween I do 2 more windows at a time... the forecastle card template and half the front waist template (one deck lower). The outer limiting timbers (forecastle sheer) will be shaped to fit the rounded transition from hull to deck half poop deck template

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